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Report of Departmental Committee on Grants for Development of Marriage Guidance. Cmnd 7566 Nov 1948. Draft letter to Kenneth Younger and comment on report by FPA. 1949. Memorandum on advice on marital difficulties given by FPA 1949. Joint circular from Home Office and Ministries of Health and Education 'Children neglected or ill treated in their own homes' Jul 1950. Letter to Probation Division Training Dept. re information on family planning for two trainees from Trinidad and British Guinea Apr 1952. Note of telephone conversation with Children's Department of Home Office re FPA contacts with Approved Schools Jun 1954. Application for registration of premises under Cruelty to Animals Act of 1876. [The application relates to the use of rats in pregnancy testing.] 1954. Report on inspection of rattery by Dr Elliott 1954. Copy of rules governing registration including Notice of Registration c. 1954. Licences to perform experiments on living animals to i) Hans A Davidson ii) George Barry Carruthers 1954. Home Office White paper 'Children in care of local authorities'. Cmnd 9488 Jun 1955. Letter from Audrey Court (Birmingham FPA) re: i) 'brides under 21' and their forms of consent; ii) contact with Personnel Officer of Woolworths; iii) lecture by writer to students on course for child care workers at FPA Reply to above and two reports relating to Mrs Court's lectures 1957. Home Office circular, 174/1957 to local authorities re Marriage Guidance Agencies Oct 1957. Letter from Secretary to Departmental Committee on Artificial Insemination, seeking views of FPA. With reply to letter stating the FPA does not feel it has any contribution to make apart from that of individual doctors (named) and reply to Departmental committee Also Reprint of article in The Times 'Doctors Point of View' Apr 1958 Nov 1958-Feb 1959. Annual Report 1958-1959. Photocopy of first page relating to visit of Rt Hon Mr R A Butler on 9 March, and of Rt Hon Mr Derek Walker-Smith (Minister of Health) in September 1959. Letter to Mr Butler, thanking for visit, requesting message for Annual Report Apr 1959. Letter from Mr Butler with message. [Signature cut out with note that it was sent to Swindon Press for Annual Report.] [See also A17/16] May 1959. Memorandum from Mrs Clifford Smith to Dr Mears re funds for special marital clinic Aug 1959. Note of discussion with Mr Graham Harrison from Home Office re financial assistance for Psychiatric Headquarters clinic Nov 1959.

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